Except when you live in San Francisco and the water at Ocean Beach is always one degree warmer than Freezing! LOL I have the beach about 10 minutes from us but you have to bundle up for skiing if you want to go.

Dig your feet into the sand. Lay in a lounger and relax. Listen to the waves. Feel the sun on your face. Drink an ice cold tea. Lay in the sun until you're so hot you can't take it and then run into the freezing cold water. Play frisbee. I LOVE THE BEACH!

The beach--it is awesome. Boogey boarding, knee boarding, body surfing, chilling in a chair or reading a book on your towel, munching on sandy pretzels or drinking from a soda can with sand around the bottom. Awesome, I tell you.

--the girl who lives AT the beach and yet, due to two small kiddos, has not been at all this summer. :tears:

Man, I miss the beach. Lake Michigan is so much better than Lake Erie, at least where we're at now. I miss the sand dunes too! Great picture - looks like so much fun. I am definitely a beach bum at heart.

We love the beach. That is one thing I will miss when we move away. We just did a family day there on Saturday. I didn't post about it because I don't think everyone else gets as excited about my beach days as I do and I had already done one beach post last week. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

We just hit the New Buffalo beach for the day last week and it was wonderful. Until it got too hot. My daughter hates being "dirty" so we had to overcome that hurdle, but everyone finally left happily with bribes of chicken nuggets at McDonald's. Wish I could squeeze in one more beach trip before school starts, but I don't think that will happen!